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Obama's Inauguration Fundraising Falls Short

2013-04-22T12:49:25Z

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's inaugural committee raised more than $43 million for his second inauguration, with corporations chipping in a m...

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Global Yodel: The Festival Next Door

2013-04-09T08:43:20Z

We here at Global Yodel asked our contributors to share with us photos and stories from festivals in their hometowns. We wanted to see cities come alive with visitors, lights and costumes.

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CAPTION THIS!

2013-02-20T11:42:54Z

Before the masses got to see Barack and Michelle Obama in the celebratory inauguration parade nearly one month ago today, White House photographer Pet...

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Mitchell Alexander: Liberalism and My Generation

2013-02-17T14:00:19Z

I truly believe that this generation is different. We have an aura of tolerance and hope, and America will come closer than it ever has before to total equality in our lifetime.

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Leo W. Gerard: President Obama Must Speak the Word 'Union' Loudly

2013-02-11T08:01:08Z

His fifth State of the Union speech this week gives President Obama a perfect opportunity to proclaim to all of America that he will preserve the freedom to engage in collective action. It's an important moment for him to say the word 'union' loudly.

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Michael Hodin: Aging, Entitlements and the Trillion-Dollar Coin

2013-02-08T17:49:23Z

Due to the number of baby boomers qualifying for Social Security and Medicare, spending will increase in coming decades as more members of the baby-boom generation become eligible for benefits and the health care cost for each enrollee increases.

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Brent Childers: Rev. Louie Giglio And The Anti-Gay Religious Industry's Real Imbroglio

2013-02-07T19:03:30Z

Rev. Giglio most likely knows in his heart that it is time for a new perspective, one that his young audience has held for some time. Such is the dilemma that many faith communities must face: Either embrace a new perspective on LGBT people or lose the respect of future generations.

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Christine Horansky: 5 Things I Learned From Hillary Clinton

2013-02-07T12:10:34Z

It's OK to be unapologetically awesome.

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Reese Schonfeld: Saving CNN, Can Zucker Do It

2013-02-06T16:20:50Z

It seems to me that Jeff Zucker is going to have a hard time bringing CNN back to its glory days. After all, Inauguration Day comes only once every four years.

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Was One Of These Flags Holding A Secret?

2013-02-06T13:50:21Z

(Corrects headline to add question mark, clarifies U.S. government departments in paragraph 2) By Teddy Nykiel BRUSSELS...

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Elan Barnehama: We Are All Just People

2013-02-05T20:04:52Z

By any measure there have been tremendous gains in acceptance. But still, the list containing Mollie Olgin and Kristene Chapa, Jadin Bell, Tyler Clementi, Matthew Shepard, and countless others is not shrinking.

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Purvi Shah: The Hazards of an Inauguration Sans Poetry

2013-02-05T17:48:07Z

When we do have poetry ringing from austere offices, what do we gain? If the launch of our progress comes from the incantations of a poet, so be it. After all, who better than a poet to turn a last word into our first step?

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Gregory Floyd: Changing Face of Equality Is Born of Tireless Effort

2013-02-05T15:46:09Z

At times it seems that while we are succeeding in making the country more equal it is getting less of everything else. Through these problems, we continue to show resilience and persistence.

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Pearl Korn: Can O.F.A. and Obama's "Inside-Outside" Strategy Move Congress?

2013-02-05T14:46:29Z

Can P.D.A., the C.P.C. and O.F.A. work together to build a larger coalition? Will Jim Messina reach out to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party? Hey, the president offered a progressive agenda, Jim. Why not?

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Richard J. Rosendall: Obama's Invitation to Activism

2013-02-05T13:22:11Z

There are no perfect allies, and the pace of change can be frustrating. But it only makes sense to show respect to people who have helped you and whom you're asking to do more. Smart political activism is not therapy. It is work.

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Amitai Etzioni: Climate Change? Don't Hold Your Breath

2013-02-05T11:10:39Z

Climate change is expected to be featured during the forthcoming State of the Union. It seems that the speech writers (who "live" in a different part of the West Wing from the policy analysts) came up with a theme, but there is rather little that can be done.

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Robert L. Lynch: The Arts Are Patriotic, Too

2013-02-04T18:04:00Z

The arts and culture, often without us actually even understanding or acknowledging it, are how we celebrate the great moments of our lives and how we inspire our nation's greatest deeds

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Andrea L. Zopp: What Will Our Legacy Be?

2013-02-01T16:25:55Z

The safety and sustainability of our communities is essential to leaving a lasting legacy. We must connect ourselves with neighborhood groups that focus on reducing violence and promoting entrepreneurship and civic engagement.

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Ernest Owens: Re-election & Resilience: Why President Barack Obama's 2nd Inauguration Was the Most Inspiring Black Experience in Decades

2013-01-31T17:28:23Z

The second inauguration of President Barack Obama proved many things. For all the men who have had a misstep that they could not recover from, seeing Obama defy those obstacles yet again was a revelation in itself.

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Reese Schonfeld: Ratings at a Glimpse

2013-01-31T11:13:35Z

I've thrown an awful lot of numbers out here, but to tell it in shorthand, Fox News viewers seem to be licking their wounds while MSNBC and CNN folk gloat just a little bit.

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Rick Horowitz: Bye-Bye Bipartisan?

2013-01-31T09:35:09Z

The inauguration is over. The complaining continues.

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Ben Zweifach: Are We Still a Center-Right Country?

2013-01-30T21:21:53Z

Perhaps it isn't that Americans are and always have been "center-right" in their beliefs; but simply that our constitutional machinery has made our country so.

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Mark Drapeau: 5 Lessons About Social Media Engagement From the Embassy of Canada's Inauguration Tailgate Party

2013-01-30T18:21:50Z

True to form, the Canadian embassy threw a tailgate party for about 1,000 guests for the inauguration. It was terrific fun. Here are the five secrets to their success.

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Keith Peterman: Obama Inauguration Through Lens of Climate Change

2013-01-30T16:28:51Z

Climate change is a civilization challenging issue that requires a commitment to lower our own greenhouse gas emissions and to provide financial and technical resources to those most vulnerable and least resilient in adapting to our changing climate.

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Maggie Fox: After the Inauguration: A National Conversation on Carbon

2013-01-30T14:34:56Z

The time for this national carbon conversation is overdue. We are already paying the price of carbon pollution, and now we need to ensure polluters pay the price if we are to address this challenge.

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